2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama

A degree in general materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #199 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for general materials engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 60 degrees in general materials engineering to qualified students.

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• Best Overall General Materials Engineering Schools List

General Materials Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

The materials processing and manufacturing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Alabama

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the materials processing and manufacturing degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Alabama Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Auburn University if you want to pursue a degree in general materials engineering. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from Auburn University

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in general materials engineering has to look into University of Alabama at Birmingham. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	153
North Carolina	710	61
Georgia	690	114
Virginia	630	103
Tennessee	624	57
South Carolina	530	59
Kentucky	518	29
Mississippi	501	3
Louisiana	489	6
Arkansas	466	1
West Virginia	410	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Processing and Manufacturing

General Materials Engineering is one of 0 different types of Materials Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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